Captain Save A Hop West Coast Ipa Recipe
Full Circle Brewery, Fresno, CA
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Ingredients
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Grain Bill
Hops
Yeast
Water & Additions
Method
Grain Bill
- 1
Mash
Heat 4 gallons of water to 165°F (74°C). Add crushed grains and mash at 152°F (67°C) for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure even conversion.
- 2
Mash Out and Sparge
Raise mash temperature to 168°F (76°C) for 10 minutes. Sparge with hot water until approximately 6.5 gallons of wort are collected in the brew kettle.
Hops
- 3
Boil and Bittering Addition
Bring wort to a rolling boil. Add Columbus hops at the start of a 60-minute boil to provide firm West Coast bitterness.
- 4
Flavor Additions
With 15 minutes remaining, add Cascade hops, Whirlfloc tablet, and yeast nutrient. With 5 minutes remaining, add Centennial hops for bright citrus aroma.
- 5
Dry Hopping
After primary fermentation slows (around day 7), add Cascade and Centennial hops directly to the fermenter. Allow to dry hop for 5–7 days.
Yeast
- 6
Chill and Pitch
After the boil, chill wort rapidly to 68°F (20°C). Transfer to a sanitized fermenter and pitch the American ale yeast.
- 7
Fermentation
Ferment at 66–70°F (19–21°C) for 10–14 days, or until final gravity is stable.
Water & Additions
- 8
Water Preparation
Use filtered water with moderate sulfate levels to enhance hop bitterness and dryness, typical of a West Coast IPA.
- 9
Packaging
Once fermentation and dry hopping are complete, cold crash for 48 hours. Package by kegging or bottling, carbonating to approximately 2.4 volumes of CO₂.
